Current Research and Scholarly Interests
My research interests focus on inherited neurologic disease in animals and on animal models of aging and neurodegerative diseases such as Motor Neuron Disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's disease) and Alzheimer's disease.

Current Research and Scholarly Interests
My lab looks at the organization and function of central neural pathways that underlie directed manual behavior. We are specifically interested in how these pathways adapt following injury, and use a combination of approaches in monkeys to identify mechanisms mediating neural reorganization and behavioral recovery.

Current Research and Scholarly Interests
The medical research community has long recognized that good well-being is good science. The lab uses an integrated interdisciplinary approach, best described as developmental neuroethology, to explore this interface, while providing tangible deliverables for the well-being of human patients and research animals.